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Last year, I started writing a series explaining our investment advisories in an effort to help answer one of the most common questions we get from investors, “Which Cabot publication is right for me?” Also last year, we expanded the Cabot family by purchasing Dick Davis Digest and Income Digest. This is what Timothy Lutts wrote at the time: “Now, it’s our honor to be the steward of these well-respected publications. Our goal is to honor the past reputation of these Digests, while improving the newsletters so they serve subscribers better in this Internet age. I’ll be telling you much more about these Digests in the future.”

As a growth investor, my investment horizon is considerably shorter. The portfolio I manage (for the Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report) can turn over as much as 300% a year, so I need to…

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An analyst at Morgan Stanley used numbers to argue last week that TSLA will go to 320!

When I started writing about emerging markets, if I mentioned emerging markets to most investors, I get a polite, blank stare. And even among those who knew a little bit about emerging markets, suggesting that they actually buy a Chinese (or Indian or Russian) stock got the kind of reaction you see when someone bites into an apple and finds a worm … or, even worse, half a worm.

Tesla (TSLA) is on the way to becoming one of those stocks that turn $1 into $100, and what I particularly like about the company is its CEO Elon Musk.

While long-term prospects for the cannabis industry remain excellent, the sector as a whole remains in correction mode today, with the big Canadian stocks under the greatest pressure—and no one knows where the bottom is, though history tells us it will come when the last holdout capitulates.

2024 was a rough year for cannabis investors, but 2025 could be much better. Here are my top eight predictions for the cannabis sector for the year ahead.

Stop us if you’ve heard this scenario before: The market gets a head of steam going, but after some inflationary reports, the Fed begins to jawbone the market, which leads to the market giving up the ghost. That happened at least a couple of times in 2022, so our antennae are up given the recent inflation reports and some tough talk from Fedheads last week. That said, once again, the bottom line is that most of the key evidence is still bullish, so while we’re honoring stops and aren’t piling in here, but we’re also holding onto names that are acting normally. We will drop our Market Monitor down a notch (to a level 6) to respect the recent dip, but we’re most interested in how the market responds now that it’s down near support.

This week’s list again has something for everyone, with our Top Pick a well-situated firm that’s helping to lead a group move and just reacted well to earnings.

In December’s Issue of Cabot Early Opportunities we look back at one of the strangest years in decades and discuss the seemingly counterintuitive strategy that drove huge portfolio gains.

Then we look at a fresh batch of names that seem ripe for the picking now and which could serve us well in the beginning of 2021. Our new stocks span clean energy, PC gaming, biotech, industrial supplies, and payment processing. As always, there should be something for everyone!

It’s not 2022 or 2008, of course, but the vast majority of stocks out there are in correction mode, and that includes the growth arena, which after a huge run began to hit turbulence in early December and has generally been under pressure since. Now, there are some rays of light out there, which we discuss in this issue, and we’re not having trouble keeping a full-ish watch list for the next upmove, but we’ve been favoring a cautious stance for a while now and think that remains the right move, as we’ve trimmed further this week and now have 60% on the sideline.

In tonight’s issue, we do write about one big positive factor out there (no strength in defensive stocks), talk about the allure of buying former winners “cheap” and, of course, write about all of our names and a bunch we’re watching for when the buyers retake control.

As we move into a new year, the market shrugs off the chaos engulfing Capitol Hill and the GOP losing its majority in the U.S. Senate. Expect higher federal spending and debt in the next couple years, though it should be mentioned that we have already added $8 trillion to the national debt over the past four years. There were a few bright spots but Explorer stocks in general drifted a bit lower over the last week.

Today we have a new recommendation of a company of at the forefront of the technology revolution.

A stimulus bill looks like it is right around the corner but we need to get through this winter before vaccines are widely available. Facebook faces a real challenge to break it up and accept legal liability for content. An EU-China summit is cancelled after China tried to limit speakers critical of China’s clampdown of Hong Kong. On the Explorer front this past week, MP Materials (MP) and NovoCure (NVCR) were particularly strong as Sea Limited (SE) briefly made a new high at 200. As promised, our new idea this week hails from Brazil and is a monopoly play on the most essential of all resources.

Due to the holidays, the next issue of Cabot Global Stocks Explorer will be published on January 7, 2021.

The market was volatile last week, and we are starting to see signs that the bears are sold out – volume has been unusually light, a few more growth-oriented stocks are acting well, and the major indexes have refused to fall to seriously test their late-January lows. Of course, the buyers aren’t exactly taking control, but the last few weeks of action are enough to warrant a slightly positive shift in our market monitor above. What does that mean for you? If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines the past few weeks, take a couple of small positions in some strong, potentially-leading stocks. If the market improves, you can then put more money to work. This week’s Top Ten has more than a few candidates to choose from; most are from the commodity areas, but three are in the growth camp. Our favorite of the week is Western Digital (WDC), an old company that’s benefitting from a boom in hard drive demand for newer electronic devices. The stock is showing exceptional power and volume; we think it’s worth a nibble around here.

Stock Name	Price	Buy Range	Loss Limit
RRC (RRC)	0.00	57-61	-
WDC (WDC)	0.00	30-33	-
WLT (WLT)	0.00	42-48	-
XEC (XEC)	0.00	47-50	-
AUY (AUY)	0.00	15-17	-
CENX (CENX)	0.00	56-64	-
CMP (CMP)	0.00	50-55	-
CPHD (CPHD)	0.00	29-32	-
CREE (CREE)	0.00	31-33	-
DVN (DVN)	0.00	92-98	-